INCREDIBLE, LATE BREAKING NEWS - DIGITAL BOLEX being DEVELOPED!
Filmmakers, you MUST CHECK this out! I used a hand cranked Bolex over 25 years ago, using 16mm film. It’s now coming out in digital form. RAW uncompressed footage at 2K resolution. It’s revolutionary and retro at the same time. It needs our support to get it made, via Kickstarter.

It will be better than any of the other DSLR solutions in the market. Cheaper too.

INCREDIBLE, LATE BREAKING NEWS - DIGITAL BOLEX being DEVELOPED!
Filmmakers, you MUST CHECK this out! I used a hand cranked Bolex over 25 years ago, using 16mm film. It’s now coming out in digital form. RAW uncompressed footage at 2K resolution. It’s revolutionary and retro at the same time. It needs our support to get it made, via Kickstarter.

It will be better than any of the other DSLR solutions in the market. Cheaper too.

Fascinating project, but I’m not so sure it will supplant DSLRs anytime soon. The tiny 2/3” sensor (15 times less sensor area than 5D, 3.93 crop factor), default c-mount lens options, SD black-and-white video monitoring, and tough post workflow+media cost (less than 13 minutes of footage per two 32GB cards) will see to that.

Bizarre! Hope the project succeeds, but I have to admit that I had the same questions as Stu when I was reading over what they were promising: if RED has struggled to perform up to expectations, are this dynamic duo actually able to deliver as promised? But hey, it’s worth a shot, right? So we’re all rooting for it to come to fruition.

Well the fact is if they succeed they’ll have a nice little camera for specific uses, but it seems no more handicapped and requiring of workarounds for pro-production use then DSLRs are for reasons previous stated.

DSLRs will always have their place. Some people use a 5D for no other reason then the full-frame look it provides, which is unique aside from something like IMAX in terms of FOV & DOF.

There’s no “wonder camera” to speak of and never will be. Still, I look forward to seeing if they succeed or not.